Rolling Stone has a great tribute this month to Bob Dylan. Dylan celebrates his 70th birthday tomorrow. This one is simple. What is your favorite Dylan cover, or covers? My first will always be Joan Baez’s cover of It Ain’t Me Babe. Next, I Shall Be Released has many great …
Trash Music
This weekend’s dose of inspiration and creativity comes from a high school student in Brazil. David Rocha makes musical instruments from discarded wood. Found at at Global Voices, original seems to come from The Portugese site Fohla, in Jovem da periferia de SP transforma madeira velha em violinos; assista. David …
The Cars, My Father’s Best Friend’s Girl, And My Mother
The Cars have a new album. This I know because my father emailed me this the NPR link. These few paragraphs will explain why there is a family soft spot for The Cars. My parents met and dated for a year or so when they were undergrads, but the relationship …
Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday
I have read way too much about gas prices this week. That speculation can raise my gas prices is just plain wrong, and it should be illegal. I’ve also been reading Save the Children’s 12th Annual Mothers Index. I posted the pdf over at An Unforgivable Hell on Earth. Disheartening …
Mother for Mother’s Day
Sunday is (the much celebrated by Hallmark), Mothers Day. I bought my mother a hand blown bud vase. A great find from an antique shop. She collects them. I have a good mother, a great mother even. Sadly the songs about great mothers are not great. So this is a …
